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912-HP E-Tron GT Refresh Is The Most Powerful Audi Ever

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912-HP E-Tron GT Refresh Is The Most Powerful Audi Ever The Porsche Taycan may get most of the attention, but you really shouldn’t sleep on its platform-mate, the Audi E-Tron GT, either. In our first drive, we found it surprisingly sporty while still plenty comfortable for four people. Considering how similar it is to the Taycan, that was probably to be expected. And now, j… Read more…

Jalopnik 834 2024-06-19

It Has Been Ten Years Since Audi Last Won Le Mans

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It Has Been Ten Years Since Audi Last Won Le Mans As a sports car fan in 2014 I genuinely believed that Audi could take down Porsche’s then-record of 16 Le Mans wins. That June, a decade ago, the diesel hybrid R18 E-tron Quattro took a thirteenth overall victory for Audi in 16 years. It was a four-rings party that was seemingly never going to end. Until it did. Today… Read more…

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The Audi Quattro Spyder Concept Was An R8 For the 1990s

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The Audi Quattro Spyder Concept Was An R8 For the 1990s The Audi R8 will likely go down as one of the most iconic sports cars of all time, but before Iron Man’s original car of choice debuted in2006 there was another; a cheaper, smaller version of the R8 called the Quattro Spyder Concept. Read more…

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These Are The Best Looking Road Cars Audi Has Ever Produced

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These Are The Best Looking Road Cars Audi Has Ever Produced I’ve been a fan of Audi’s design language since my neighbor came home one day in a brand new purple C5 Audi A6 in the late 1990s. Everything about it looked so futuristic to young Logan, like the contrast between the smooth curves and the angular head- and taillights. I wasn’t more than four years old by that time,… Read more…

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The Tri-Motor SQ8 E-Tron Is The First Audi That’s So Fun It Made Me Giggle

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The Tri-Motor SQ8 E-Tron Is The First Audi That’s So Fun It Made Me Giggle It’s a Tuesday morning in the mountains north of Malibu, California, and I’ve got a huge grin on my face. I’m behind the wheel of a brand new car, braking sharply to enter a long, uphill hairpin turn with a decreasing radius. Halfway through the bend I press harder on the accelerator and the tail kicks out ever so… Read more…

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Final Audi TT Roadster Proves Color Makes The Car

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Final Audi TT Roadster Proves Color Makes The Car It’s official. The time has come for the U.S. market to say goodbye to much beloved and all-around weird little guy, the Audi TT. We love a weird little guy, don’t we folks? The 2023 Audi TT Roadster Final Edition is the last one we’ll get here, and it’s only available in this gorgeous Goodwood Green Pearl with a grey… Read more…

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Audi Claims Customers Actually Really Want Subscription Features In Their Cars

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Audi Claims Customers Actually Really Want Subscription Features In Their Cars Audi plans to offer more “on-demand” features in future models, Autocar reports. Just don’t assume it’s about making more money, though. No, according to Audi it’s because the customers demand it. Because if there’s one thing I want to do after I spend a lot of money on a car, it’s spending even more money on that car. Read more…

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Saab 9-3 Pickup, Audi Quattro, Drift Corvette: The Dopest Cars I Found For Sale Online

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Saab 9-3 Pickup, Audi Quattro, Drift Corvette: The Dopest Cars I Found For Sale Online Halloween is officially — and unfortunately — over. The most wonderful time of the year has come and gone, and now we’re stuck with its measly replacement: The holiday season. Can I wear my full Dune stillsuit to Thanksgiving dinner? While opening presents for Christmas? Then what’s even the point? Read more…

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Hotel Valet Steals Audi RS7, Then Gets Carjacked At Gunpoint

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Hotel Valet Steals Audi RS7, Then Gets Carjacked At Gunpoint A hotel valet meant to be parking an Audi RS7 at a Baltimore hotel decided to take the luxury car on a joyride, according to police. The valet then claimed that the car was stolen from him while he was at a car meet. The police found the Audi abandoned and completely destroyed, with the car’s owner waking up to the… Read more…

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Too Soon: An Audi TT Is Getting The Restomod Treatment

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Too Soon: An Audi TT Is Getting The Restomod Treatment The Audi TT will still be available to buy here in the U.S. until the end of this year, after which point it’s getting killed off by the German automaker. Despite it still being on shop floors across the U.S., one budding coachbuilder has decided that the car is in need of the kind of restomod treatment that’s… Read more…

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Rumor: Audi Cancelled Its F1 Program Before It Even Started

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Rumor: Audi Cancelled Its F1 Program Before It Even Started It seems that Audi is on a bit of a killing spree when it comes to its own motorsport programs as of late. So you’ll excuse me if I don’t immediately dismiss these rumors that Audi is going to renege on its F1 commitments. Despite announcing that it would buy the Sauber F1 team and its entry to the championship from… Read more…

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The Audi Q6 E-tron has three screens taking up the entire dashboard

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The Audi Q6 E-tron has three screens taking up the entire dashboard The “Digital Stage” stretches across the entire dashboard. | Image: AudiThe Audi Q6 E-tron comes with not one, but three screens tacked on its dashboard. As you can see in the first images of the electric vehicle’s interior, the three-screen setup — dubbed the “Digital Stage”— stretches from the driver’s side to the front passenger, with each di…

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The Audi R8 Was A Legend From The Start

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The Audi R8 Was A Legend From The Start Legends don’t die, especially automotive ones; they live on under plaques at car shows, in cheap posters stuck to childhood bedroom walls and in matchbox car collections forever. The Audi R8 is about to lay down its nameplate some twenty years after it first showed its face as a concept car at the 2003 Frankfurt Motor… Read more…

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Audi’s Futuristic Tail Lights Will Warn Cyclists When You Open A Door Into The Bike Lane

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Audi’s Futuristic Tail Lights Will Warn Cyclists When You Open A Door Into The Bike Lane Audi has really been a bit of a pioneer when it comes to slick tail lights in recent years. Sure, we don’t get a lot of these innovations stateside because of our weird lighting laws, but we can all surely admire the arrays on display across cars like the A7. Now, the German automaker has a new tail light in the works… Read more…

Jalopnik 161 2023-07-27

Audi Trained Engineers By Having Them Restomod A 52-Year-Old NSU Prinz

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Audi Trained Engineers By Having Them Restomod A 52-Year-Old NSU Prinz Next time you make a big career move and have to start training, onboarding or whatever the technical term your future employer uses, ask yourself: Does my regimen include, in any form, assisting in the restoration and electrification of a half-century-old, rear-engine German coupe? If the answer is “no,” your job,… Read more…

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